Club members Simon VK2TW and Richard VK2SKY were again active with NSW State Emergency Services for their Bush Search and Rescue NavShield bush navigation event. The event takes place in a different location each year, within a few hours’ drive of Sydney; the location is kept secret until shortly before the event to avoid teams […]
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Category: Portable operations
Items relating to times we get out of the shack and operate from the field
VHF portable operation with range
Portable VHF/2m operations can often be a challenge when range is required: Here is a simple and economical portable set-up providing you do not have to run into the bush. Except from the length of the RG58 cable, all the components were picked up from the local council clean-up! The aerial is a ground independent […]
2023 Winter VHF/UHF Field Day
The Winter VHF/UHF Field day ran over the 24/25 June 2023 weekend. Although this is a 24 hour contest, traditionally we have entered into the 8 hour section the Saturday from midday. Stunning day, great location, good view to the ocean. Gear was setup up efficiently and worked well on 6m, 2m, 70cm and 23 […]
Setting up for 2023 Convict 100
The 2023 Convict 100 mountain bike marathon is on at St Albans on 6 May, and CREST NSW is providing communications support. MWRS members Des VK2TGJ, Dom VK2JNA, Geoff VK2WA, Richard VK2SKY, and Scott VK2SMF, along with Brendan VK2YMI, Craig VK2BTQ, Dean VK2DAC, and John VK2JV went bush to set up the repeater masts ahead […]
John Moyle Memorial Field Day 2023
Raw video from the field here. The John Moyle Memorial Field Day roared into life at midday on 18 March, as did the Society’s centenary Special Event Station VI 100 MB /portable. Dom VK2JNA, Leo VK2LEO, and Nick VK2FS set up the club’s portable station, at Culburra Beach just east of Nowra NSW, locator QF55JB. […]
Another walk in the park
Several members of the club (Carmel VK2CAR, Colin VK2JCC, and Richard VK2SKY) were active portable at Rofe Park in Hornsby Heights today, 17 March 2023. The aim this time was to call in to the Westlakes Amateur Radio Club net (Mon/Wed/Fri at 9.30am on 7115kHz), just for the fun of it. The Westlakes folks were […]
A Walk (and a Net) in the Park
The Hornsby and District Amateur Radio Club holds its weekly Morning Tea with HADARC net on 7106kHz every Friday morning from 9am. MWRS members Carmel VK2CAR, Colin VK2JCC, Stuart VK2BMX and others call into the net from different parks around northern Sydney each week. This morning Richard VK2SKY came along to do a photo essay… […]
26-Nov-2022 Spring VHF/UHF Field Day
VK2MB/portable was active in this year’s Spring VHF/UHF Field Day; details are still coming in, so watch this space… The contest team started arriving at the clubhouse about 9.30am, to sort out the radios and antennas to be used, then headed off to the JJ Melbourne Hills Reserve, about 1km to the south. Locator QF56OH. […]
27-Aug-2022 Sydney Uni Open Day
(WIP – waiting for more photos and comments from others who were there.) It was a rainy Saturday morning in the city as the University of Sydney held its annual Open Day, and hordes of potential students (and their parents) descended on Camperdown to check out the academic offerings. Philip VK2APL, who is Professor of […]
NavShield 2022 at Tarlo River National Park
While many club members were burning up the 160m band at Berrima, some 36km to the west sou’west, Richard VK2SKY and Simon Brown VK2TW donned their WICEN uniforms to assist with Bush Search and Rescue (BSAR) NSW’s annual NavShield event. As is normal for this event, multiple emergency service agencies were involved, both as competitors […]
15-17 July 2022 – Trans-Tasman Low Band contest – Berrima
Jeff VK2MZZ raised the idea of MWRS heading to Berrima Scout camp to enter the Trans Tasman contest of 2022. A bunch of us signed on for a full weekend – many of us have done it before & the challenges are there (but small) & the reward is high. The w/e starts with pub night on Friday […]
Glow Worm Tunnel Marathon RF survey
On 7 May 2022, WICEN NSW Inc conducted an RF survey of a section of the Glow Worm Tunnel Marathon trail. The aim was to determine radio coverage for the Pipeline Track section between the campgrounds at Glen Davis and Newnes. WICEN tested the safety communication bases in both locations, as well as a third […]
VK2YU Home brew M0MCX DX Commander
Home brew “DX Commander” 7m antenna – November 2021 … Australian date & time Firstly, this build is a copy of a commercial antenna so ALL credit to the design and effort of the idea all goes to the designer: Callum McCormick, M0MCX https://www.m0mcx.co.uk The original build information is here https://www.m0mcx.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/DXC-Rapide-User-Guide.pdf Note there are several […]
VK2MB 3rd Place in JMFD!
Back in March, the Society participated in the 2021 John Moyle Memorial Field Day. VK2MB/p came third in the Multi Operator, Phone Only, HF Bands, 6-Hour categories, scoring 238 points for 119 contacts. Word is that another two contacts would have earned us 2nd place! The certificate for the event arrived in the post recently, […]
June 2021 VHF/UHF Winter Field Day
Nick VK2FS reports… We met at the club website to collect antennas, the gazebo and the club’s IC7300. A quick drive up to the Pony Club/BMX Track by the Terrey Hills weather station was followed by two masts being erected. Mast 1 at 8m with the 6m yagi. The second mast had the combined 2m/70cm […]